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An Inflation Reality Check

Posted on March 25, 2008
Previously filed under: Global Economy
While Zimbabwe demonstrates record breaking inflation, one may also look at Russia, Vietnam, Argentina, and Venezuela to see double digit inflation.
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The Effect of Migration on HIV Rates

Posted on September 21, 2007
Previously filed under: Africa, Health
Studies show that increased migration serves as a catalyst for HIV/AIDS.
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Promoting African Languages On the Internet in Zimbabwe

Posted on January 10, 2007
Previously filed under: Technology
Using local African languages in computer applications is an important step to promoting traditions, however many feel it may not be feasible or technologically possible.
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Sick Economy Fuels Growth of Fake Drug Market

Posted on December 21, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Health
The deterioration of health services in Zimbabwe has resulted in a thriving parallel drug market.
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AIDS in Zimbabwe - One Orphan's Story

Posted on January 31, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Health
A child is left to provide for her siblings after her parents die of AIDS.
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"We Are Now Stepping on Top of Money"

Posted on October 28, 2005
Previously filed under: Africa, Success Stories
Children in Zimbabwe learn, save, succeed with Internal Savings and Lending (IS&L) groups.
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The Mysterious Grain Drain

Posted on November 19, 2004
Previously filed under: Africa, Agriculture
There is a new crime in Zimbabwe - driving with food.
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As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment

International Herald Tribune - Wed, 02/08/2012 - 08:26
India’s central bank and economic analysts predict that growth will fall sharply to 7 percent this fiscal year and remain sluggish.

Social responsibility and a new world order

Washington Post - Innovations - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:56
Just before the New Year, the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research announced that Brazil had overtaken the United Kingdom as the world’s sixth largest economy. Furthermore, it predicted that by 2020, India and Russia will also have overtaken all the European economic powers.

Aid for trade policy rears its ugly head

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Mon, 02/06/2012 - 01:41
The UK government's dismay at not being granted the contract for Typhoon fighter jets in India is an indication that its controversial aid for trade policy is still very much alive.

Liberia's battle to put the lights back on

The Guardian's Poverty Matters - Sun, 02/05/2012 - 23:00
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has set ambitious targets to restore the country's electricity supply. But will it meet them by 2015?

As Africa's consumers rise, so does inequality

Yale Global Online - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:17
Kenya struggles to spread the wealth from rapid growth.
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